Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

Welcome back! I hope you had a great Easter break!

PE Sessions will be on Tuesday and Friday. Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school at the start of each half term.

Spellings will be given out on Monday and will be tested the following Monday.

Reading Please try to read for at least 10 minutes daily with your child.

Please come back to our class page regularly for updates about your child’s learning and if you need to contact me, please press the button on the right and start your message FAO Miss Cooke. Alternatively, contact the office and leave a message. I will get back to you as quickly as I can.

In English…

In English, we will be reading ‘Beowulf’ as retold by Michael Morpurgo. We will write a scene for this famous legend.

In Maths…

In Maths, we will explore angles: measuring angles, the investigation of angles on a line/point and drawing angles, before moving onto using angles as a descriptor for common shapes. 

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In Science…

Our unit is Science is ‘Earth and Space’. Children will learn that the Earth is part of the solar system and that the Sun is at the centre of that system. They will learn the names of the other planets (based on their distance from the Sun) and be able to describe the movement of Earth (and other planets) in relation to the Sun. Children will discover why there is day and night on Earth and relate this to time.

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In RE…

In RE, our unit is, ‘Pentecost, what happened next?’. The children will have an opportunity to gain greater understanding of the lives and resilience of the early Christians. They will learn about the significance of the life of St Paul and the concept of mission.

In Topic…

In topic, our primary focus is History. We will explore Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots.